How long does it take to read Lisa's War?
Lisa's War by Carol Matas takes about 2 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 2 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1987. 111 pages, about 30,525 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
During the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Lisa and other teenage Jews become involved in an underground resistance movement and eventually must flee for their lives.
Subjects: Underground movements, Jews, Juvenile fiction, History, Fiction, Children's fiction